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,1“ The ducks there were as other ducks. They pulled down the 1aueelilce blades ad grass and plaited them into nests just out in the water a piece. That was Dame Nature’s insurance scheme, but she hadn‘t reckoned with the sergeant and his merry constable. The long boots and the gray socks and the brown trom sers were off in a jiffy, and with shirts tucked up under their arms the two svartiofs were soon filling their helmets With duck eggs. And as they slept a man came and looked at them and pulled at his blond mustache a little, retiectively, and then stepped back into the night; again, and all was still, only the munching and occasional stamp cf a horse’s hoof over on one side, where the horses were pick- eted, and the little, snetzing blow of the noses of the feeding animals as they cleared the oust out of their nostrils. So they camped where they were, be.. side a small lake, and smoked the pipe of peace and ate their rations and cursed the government that had cut their pay down to 60 cents a day, howbeit the sergeant was getting more than that now since his promotion. But that was regulation form, the routine, and so they smoked long and swore hard and denounced the service anyway as being no good to a man, for it made him lazy and 11ntitted him for anything else, and it was a wild goose chase, and Carney was a hundred miles away, and they were a. pair of fools, as great as the man who had sent them out. “There were ducks fiying over all last night," said the sergeant as he pulled on his long boots. "They're nest- ing here in these lakes, and I'm going to have a look for some eggs. " "Come down here, Williams. They'ro slathers of eggs here. tt And with the gray regulation blank- ets pulled-over their heads and their feet warm against the blaze of the smoldering campfire they slept-slept "the prairie sleep, which is long and deep and strong and as unlike the other ’as a strong growing bush is unlikea hothouse plant; slept among the wild roses and great yellow marguerites and the little wondering ba2nfiowers; slept on the dry, crisp grass, that was as a gentle spring mattress. Soon a voice came up trom the reeds and cattails growing in the edge of the lake to the constable as he busied him, self at the morning tire: "What's the sense of this?" said Hetheringtou to the other constable. " You might as well look for a needle in a haystack or a prayer book in bar- racks as look for Carney 'in this God forsaken hole. We'll never get a sight of him." "Blat I want the eggs," pleaded the sergeant. "It's unlucky to go on tinned beef when you can get fresh eggs. Be- sides, me luck couldn’t change for the worse anyway, " he added as he thought of what the exile life in that lone land meant. "I've got me hat full, " said the ser- geant, "and here's a nest with 18 eggs in it. What'll I do?" "Better leave it alone," said the con- stable. "Thirteen’s an unlucky num- ber. " T ' So Ccrgeant Hetherington and Cow stable Williams were sent out with three days' rations to look Carney up in one direction, while a couple of other constables took the trail in another. "Well, them" said the constable, "if youdon’t; mind the bad luck wrap them in your shirt, and I will hold your cha- peau." And he waded over to the other and held the helmet. " miss my guisss or you’ll run up ag’in hard luck this trip. Iwouldu't touch a nest with 18 eggs in it with a ten foot pole,” said the constable as they made their way out through the scrub growth on the edge of the lakes. 7 "HGring a bath, gentlemen?” asked a cheery voice from the wilderness as mey emerged into the open. - _ - Much riding and the viewing of much open plain were the results of the first day’s campaign. On the srcond day they rode again, but the plain was not quite so open. There were several lakes and various other interruptions of the vista. It §vas the man ivho had looked upon them the previous night as they lay 'leping, - - - _ But the plug of lead-that was a different matter. A man has got to be pretty tough before the shooting of him counts fer nothing. 'Wm a quare looking bird now, tt said we sergeant as he peeled the gray tian- nel shirt over his head like stripping an otter and proceeded to transfer the eggs trom the watery nest to the impromptu bag. _ k _ And the owner of the horses that had gone " with “Bulldog" Carney lay ir, hospital in Fort McLeod with a plug of lead in his lung. He was a "rtastler" himself, and the general opinion was that Carney had only stolen from a thief. F "Bulldog" Carney had been at it again. It was horses this time, and when horses follow a man off without rhyme or reason there is often shooting trom one side or the other. UNLUCKY THIRTEEN. You have waited long, and I am here. Oh, let there be a glad tomorrow! I know I love you, far or near. Oh, let us end this long,, long sorrow! -New York Ledger. You have waited, and I have come. Forgive me, dear, that I caused you sor- row. t, too, have suffered. Come, make my home. Let the past be lost in a bright tomorrow. Andtyw I know it need not have been, Ydif loved me than as I loved you, And a false pride parted our fond hearty when Both were loyal and both proved true. Think of the years that we have lost, The years that might have been love freighted, The years that were lived " such a cost To all our irt:apes-get you have waited! And I took your hand before them all And smiled, though my heart was aching. “Good luck,” I said, "may your life befall. Goodbyl" And my heart was breaking. But now I know that you also felt The pangs of that bitter parting, When down at your feet I would have knelt And the tears to my eyes were starting. I answered you in the same lights tone, Oh, the foolish words then spoken! I regret them siiil, but my heart alone I thought was tdrturcd and broken. “Goodby,” you said. "Where'er you go The prayers of your friends will follow, But you said it in such a way, you know, That it sounded strained and hollow. You bade me go, and t went EWIy - I went, though my heart was breaking. By never a sigh did my lips betray The grief of that brief leave taking. WE HAVE WAITED. :9 astonished that Maple Creek was 70 miles from Dead Man's Crossing. They stopped all night at Dead Man’s Crossing and made 60 miles of the 70 next day. That afternoon they came to Dead Man's Crossing, and Williams was left there in charge of a man they found in the shack. He had evidently been ex- pecting Carney, but he opened his eyes with much wonder when he saw the prisoners, and when he understood the situation he went around with a broad grin on his face that was particularly tantalizing. In the morning the sergeant had an- other: lesson in the deep diplomacy with which Carney negotiated matters. "Well, if they do you’ll have a Ion- ger ride, that’s all," answered his cap- tor, "tor I mean to get you put in this time sure, for you’ve escaped often enough before." "Ride on, Bill," he heard him Isaw to his mate, "and inquire it Sergeant Hetherington has come in yet with his prisoner. You can tell them that you were out on a little reconnoiter for Car- ney's mate, and that I expected to be there at the barracks about 10 o'clock If there's anybody there knows me- Sergeant Hetherington--iust hit the trail back a piece, and we'll move on to the nest post. I want to give this man Carney up to strangers, you see. Pm afraid his friends mightu't treat him well. Anyway I think you’d bet- ter ride back to meet me.” “You seem a bit mixed, my friend," replied the stranger coolly. "You'ro 'Bulldog' Carney and I'm Sergeant Hetherington, in charge of this outfit." And he pulled from his pocket the ser- geant's papers, neatly inclosed in a blue government envelope, and smiled de- risively at Hetherington. “You wou't be able to work that racket at the barracks at Maple Creek, for some of the fellows’ll be sure to know me there. " "We're going to leave the constable here with a friend who keeps a fashion- able hotel in a shack down at Dead Mau's Crossing on Deep Chat creek, and we're goin to take you to Maple Creek and turn you over to the superintendent there. You shouldn’t have run off the horses, you know, and then when the man objected you plugged him. " “You seem to know all about it," said the sergeant. "I suppose you are 'B11lldog' himself." "What're you going to do with us anyway?" said the sergeant. "You can't eat us. Are you going to hold us up and make the government ransom us out?” "Yo11'll get intoa fine row over this, tt said the ser{ 2ant to his captor. The latter laughed good humoredly. "Nct half so fine a row as I would have got into if it had been the other Way about. If youll got the drop on me first and I was wearing the bracelets now, then I would think there was trouble ahead. " Bill galloped away on his errand, and after putting in an hour or so to give him a good start Carney and his prisoner struck camp and followed up. “Put them on him, Bill,” the stranger said, "and if he moves I’ll let daylight through him. Now the other!" he added as Bill clapped the handcuffs on the sergeant, and in atwinkling they were both handcuffed prisoners. Then they were mounted on the bronchos be- longing to the two men who had them in charge, while the latter took their two good police horses and rode beside them. He asked for the sergeant major as soon as they rode into the barracks square and asked him to report to the Bill met them about tive miles out of Maple Creek and reported that there wasn't a soul in the troop stationed there that knew Hetherington. “But they're dead on to Carmsy's racket, though," he said, "and when I told them that we'd captured him they thought 'twas a pretty slick piece of business. They say he's harder to trap than a coyote." “You see,” said Carney to the ser- geant, "the easier you take this thing and the less racket you make the better you’ll get along. If you get rusty and insist that you’re sergeant, some of the fellows'll round on you, and the bad luck the 18 eggs uroa1iht you’ll benoth- ing to the trouble that you’ll get into then." As soon as they got int? the fort Hetherington saw at once that Carney mast have been in the force atone time. "Now, I suppose you’re not much accustomed to wearing jewelry," said the other, “but I'll have to trouble you to put these darbies on." And he tossed the sergeant a pair of handcuffs. The sergeant laughed, but made no move- ment to put them on. As he spoke he absentmindedly drew forth the big revolver and rubbed his thumb reiiectively over the hammer and waited for them to make their toilet. “You’re up to larks this morning," said the sergeant, thinking that the bad luck of the 13 eggs was already get- ting its work in on him. He noticed that their carbines and revolvers and cartridge belts had all been taken por session of by the strangers. He realized that himself and the constable were in the hands of the strangers, and he made a pretty shrewd guess that the man they were after had turned the tables and captured them. "By George, I guess there's no help for it," said the sergeant good humor- edly as he began to crawl into the other man's clothes. "Well, I take it you’re rather a rough lot," said the man with the stripes on his arm, "and we're going to arrest you for horse stealing. ,, "Well, that’s pretty rich for my blood," said the sergeant as be com- pleted his toilet with a broad brimmed cowboy hat. "What's you fellows' game anyway?” he said as he pulled on a pair of deer. skin riding breaches. ”Sorry to trouble you, gentlemen,” said the same cheery voice, as the own- er of it toyed with the butt of a big regulation revolver at his side, "but my partner here and myself took a notion we'd like to join the force, so We just slipped into your clothes till we'd see how we'd look, and as the two suits will hardly go round the four of us sup. pose you stack our. duds. They're just over there by the campfire. " the comef of the shirt slipped from his band and the 13 eggs rolled into a bat. ter at his feet. And it was no wonder that he wasaa- tarnished, for he was looking upon two policemen. -- - I The three V shaped stripes on the tight arm of one of them, the speaker, showed that he was a sergeant. Some- thing about the clothes struck him as being strangely familiar. He could al: most swear to a spot CT two on the front of the tight fitting brown jacket. tperintendent that he had brought in Waterloo County Chronicle, Thursday, 'rtebruti"ii"i'f"'24, 13tyty---Page 't A Japanese Custom. At the birth of a. Japanese baby a tree is planted, which mast remain un- touched until the marriage day of the child. When the nuptial hour arrives, the tree is cut down, and a skilled cab- inet maker transforms the wood into furniture, which is considered by tho young couple as the most beautiful of all ornaments of the homse.-Meehan'g Monthly. AGENTS' Sell "Klundikr" uo d Fi ' petatusNtsattts, ',(diiiV whirlwind. 112 nnecessany, ' Big par Capital- The Temple of Solomon. A noted statistician and investigator who has lots of time for such work has been doing some figuring on the cost of the temple of Solomon, says the Phil- adelphia Record, and says few people even in these days of palmy extrava- gance and millionaire display have an adequate impression of the enormous cost of the great temple. According to Villalpandus, the "talents" of gold, sil- ver and brass were equal to the enor- mous sum of S6, 879, 822,000. The worth of the jewels is placed at a figure equal- ly as high. The vessels of gold, accord- ing to Josephus, were valued at 140,000 talents, which, reduced to English mon. ey, was equal to £575,296,203. The ves- sels of silver, according to the same au- thority, were still more valuable, being set down as worth £646,344,000 ; priests' vestments and the robes of singers, £2,- 010,000, and the trumpets, 2200,000. To this add the expense of the build- ing material, labor, eta, and some won- derful figures result. Ten thousand men hewingcedars, 60,000 bearers of bur. dens, 80,000 hewers of stone, overseers, all of whom were employed for seven years and upon whom, besides their wages, Solomon bestowed £6,733,970. If their daily food was worth 50 cents each, the sum total for all was 203,. 877,088 during the time of building. The materials in the rough are estimat- ed as having been worth £2,545,337,- 000. This gives a total just for this much of the expense, which by no means expresses the whole cost, of 210,. 719,760,261, or about $62,117,0ii4,867.. M. Tricks With Liquid Air. A small party of prominent electri- cians, among whom were Professor Eli- hu Thomson, John W. Gibboney and Walter C. Fish of Lynn, with Edwin W. Rice, Jr., and a few outsiders, sat down to a quiet supper in the private dining room of Earl & Martin's restau- rant, on Union street, when some of the wits in the party amused themselves by playing tricks on the table attendants, and also on the astute cook, William J. Bond, by freezing some of the dishes solid as soon as the latter were put on the table. T In tact, to such an extent did one member of the party carry his merri- ment that he sent back a slice of bread, solidly congealed, to the cook, with an interrogation as to why such food was put upon the table. Billy was natural- ly puzzled at the occurrence, and all the more so when he, too, examined the bread complained of and found it crumbled to dust at his touch. He could not solve the enigma and was still fur- ther puzzled when a glass of liquid was returned, also frozen solid. One of the electricians gave the secret away after the supper and explained that the sub- stances were frozen by means of liquid air, of which one of the party had a impply.--Lynn (Mass.) Exchange. So the sergeant was put behind the bars, and Carney and Bill were made free of the canteen, and the smperintend- ent congratulated himself upon the prospect of being able to forward on “Bulldog” Carney, who had been want- ed at headquarters for some time. Then toward evening, when the fierce heat of the noonday sun had spent itself, Carney and Bill rode forth to hunt up the other man, "the mate, tt and Maple Creek never saw again the good police horses that went with them, nor the rifles, nor the revolvers, and it took a year's official correspondence to clear up the mystery as to who was to blame fur committing Sergeant Hetherington of the N. W. M. P., as "Bulldog" Carney, horse' thief and handy man with a gun. There is a legend that it never was cleared up. -Temple Bar. At this sally of wit Carney and the rest of them laughed so heartily that the superintendent was so pleased with himself that he told the prisoner he might sit down. "All the same, sir," said the poor sergeant, tears almost starting to his eyes as he saw how completely he was in the othor’s clutches, "you'll be sor- ty for this when you find out what a mistake you’re making." “capital, capital," said the superin- tendent. "A capital idea. We'11 keep him here so that your mate can get clean away; then I shall get promotion for that brilliant idea. You’re bagged, but you’d rather that your mate got away, eh? Sergeant Hetherington here tells me that he was pretty hot on your mate's trail, and one of the objects for bringing you in here was that he might have his hands clear to follow it up. " Carney’s reputation for slipping out of the toils stretched from Winnipeg to the highest point of the Rockies, but he'd find that he couldn‘t do them up at Maple Creek. They were on to his little game. "Are you quite sure you‘re not Major Steel himself or Commissioner Hackle?” asked the superintendent, looking at him with a knowing smile. “Your police duties must make you tired/' he said, with a wink at Carney. "Oh, no doubt, no doubt,” said the superintendent. "When they find oat that you’re really a sergeant in the force, I'll be reduced to the ranks for this and you’ll be made inspector." "At least, sir, " said Hetherington, "you might keep this man who claims to be a sergeant here until this matter is cleared up. " "I was afraid to take him back to Fort McLeod," he said, "for fear he'd play some trick and get away. He al most made me believe he was somebody else until I found this letter on him ad- dressed to John Carney." It was in vain that the sergeant swore that he was Sergeant Hetherington hint self. The more he swore against the fate that had tangled him up the more they laughed at him and told him to drop it. for horse stoitl1ng add shooting a man, _ 'ihdirfl' fff'iitf,l'rfl,fi Por Table and Dairy, Purest and Best Ask your grocer for MRS. WINSLow’s SOOTHING SYRUP has been used by millions of mothers for their chilaren while teething. It disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a. sick child isufrerinit and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth send tht once and get abol tle of "Mrs. W mslo W’s Soothing syrup"for Children Teething. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Depend IlpOn it mothers there is no mistake about it. It cures Diarrhea. regulates the Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind Colic, softens the Gums,raduces In- ftanunation, and gives tone and energy to the wholesystem. "Mrs.Winslow's Soot hing Syrun tor children teething is pleasant to the were and is the prescripfion of one of the oldest and beet female physicians and nurses in the United states. quo twentrmro cents a bottle. Sold tttslliJr,rtqes.tttlypaggl. bout ,th worm:- gear-re There is a repose of manner which comes from the consciousness of being in the right place and doing the right thing by necessity. There is another which is the outcome of gentleness of nature, sweetness of temper and habit. ual self control. Now and then we meet one to whom these perfect manners are as natural and spontaneous as fragrance to a flower. Then we realize after awhile, if not at first, that this charm of manner is more captivating than beauty or intellect. When united with loveliness of person, tine sense and cul- tured mentality, the combination is ir. resistible and constitutes the flower of humaukind.--Hmnauitariau, Her Satresrirstr. Hattie-What humbugs men are! Harry tells me sometimes that he is suffering for a kiss. The ideal Carvid--0h, bat one can tmiter for a kiss! I have myself. Hattie-Why, Carrie, what do you mean? Carrie-Mother saw me kiss Jack Millings, and she wouldn’t let me see him again for ever so Iong.--Botston Transcript. _ '. Repose of Manner. "Yes," said a distinguished gentle- Woman who is keenly rtudious of the life around her despite her crown of silver hair, "I see a great advance in this generation so far as concerns educaw tion and its results. But as to manners, I confess I perceive a falling off. I do not always find, even in the highest cir- cles, the true courtesy and fine grace that belonged to the best people of the past generations. The young people of today are ctu1scious of their intellectual advantages and their superior capabili- ties. The sense of this makes them a lit. tle bit too self satisfied and independent, less anxious to propitiate and please. This results either in an offhand tamil, iarity or a critical reserve and indiffer- ence. " "The repose of manner" which is supposed to characterize "thorouglr breds" is a pleasure to contemplate in kindly, intelligent, unaffected members of society, but it approaches idiocy when it means an icy absorption in self and an utter absence of interest in the rest of the human race. Save us from the repose of manner that requires but man beings to sit in immobile Donenti. ty, like the wax figures in a shop win. dow, with the gauze of "high breeding and reserve" to guard them from the dust and flies of mediocrity! "I am sorry to say that I cannot, madam," replied the man as the laugh took flight from his face. The Woman turned away impatiently, and the post- age stamp seller made some remarks un- der his breath. As soon as he obtaineda few mim1tes' leisure he said: "A good sized volume might be written about the mistakes that people make in trying to send things through the mails, and if such a book were written from the postoffice standpoint it would contain several chapters of 'Don'ts.' That little woman was only one of a large class. Some people seem to have an idea that the postoffice handles all kinds of loose merchandise so long as a stdficient num- ber of stamps are affixed. Many of tho packages handed in here are improperly prepared and have to be handed back for revision. Men as well as women are careless in wrapping up breakable and sharp edged articles. The regulations of the department require that sharp pointed articles must be capped so that they will not cut through their inc-lo- sure, and blades must be bound together with wire, so that they shall remain firmly attached to each other and within their handles.” "Oh, yes, a great many bottles con- taining medicines, perfumery, etc. The law does not allow spirituous, vinous or malt liquids to be sent by nfail. Ad- missible liquids, not exceeding four ounces, liquid measure, put up in bot. tles, must be inclosed in a block or tube of wood or of papier mache not less than three-sixteenths of an inch thick and able to resist rough usage, and such bot- tle must be surrounded by cork, cotton or some other substance sufficient for protection in handling. Of course there are some things that are interdicted a1- together. The postoffico department does not undertake to carry poisonous or explosive articles or live animals. By the way, we have occasional appli- cations to take birds in wooden cages and little dogs and cats in boxes and baskets. Fresh fruits and fresh vegeta- bles are unmailable, as also is anything liable to decomposition or to exhale bad odors. "--New York Times. Parcels That Are Dangerous to Other Postal Matter. A little woman shoved an awkward looking bundle through one of the post- age stamp windows of the general post- office and asked the usual question, "How many stamps?" The represents tive of Uncle Sam who happened to be selling postage stamps at that window just then felt of the bundle and calmly replied, “I am afraid that you couldn’t stick enough stamps on this parcel, madam, to carry it anywhere in its present condition." - "I don't understand you," said the little woman nervously. "There isn't any writing in it." _ - _ “Only; pickle; dish and half a dozen sauce plates," was the reply in a reas- suring tone. A __ _ "Well, I guessed as much," laughed the official. “These dishes are so loose that they rattle, and they would break as soon as thrown into a mail bag. Be. ing breakable they are unmailable. Now, you will have tiypack them care- fully in a box, so that they will not shift about or be in danger of cutting through their covering. A lot of broken glass in a mail bag would not be of a vast' amount of benefit to the other mail matter." “It is glassware, is it the postage stamp man. A "Oh, can’t you fix them?" asked the woman. “Is there a great deal of glassware sent through the mails?" THINGS SENT BY MAIL., For Over Fifty Years "itoiiiiiiiraiiiUiiii; not?" asked 'What/s a sanguine disposition, Un- ole Christopher? Her beautiful feather gowns were sent to the pope. The Nidiver family still keep some of her water tight bas. kets, several of her bone needles are treasured by a lady in San Francisco, and the grave of this pathetic, Wonder- ful heroine is still pointed oat by tho priests in Santa Barbara. --youth't, Companion. Sanguine dispmsltioM Well, it's your mother, Bobby--thiulrmg she can pound a. picture mul idto the wall with a banana,' Tummy (becomming {auddenly vimer- tssted)--1 didn't know they rode bikes in, those days! b The lady came to love her much, and when she grew weak she sent for seal’s meat to try to tempt her appetite with the food she was used to. The sick wo- man patted her hands for "Thank you, " but she would not eat. Soon she died. Sunday School Teacher (reading to clte)-An.t! some ftsll by Atbe typside. She was treated with all tenderness by Captain Nidiver's Spanish wife,' who kept her and would not allow her to be made a show of, but when no hu- man soul could be found who knew even her tongue she began to droop. She loved Mrs. Nidiver’s children de- votedly and would tell over and over by signs how she had looked and looked for her baby and never found it. The saddest thing is yet to be told. When they took her to the mainland, many Indians were brought to her, and she scanned each face eagerly, but no one who could even talk to her was ever found. Her little tribe was scattered and absorbed among other "mission In- dians” as raindrops are lost in the sea. The details of the searches made can- not be given here, but Thomas Jeffries, a. man who for $200 made the first effort, did not find her. Bat he found so many seals and otters that other schooners made several trips there in the next few years, carrying hunters and bringing home spoils. At last on one of these ex- peditions a Captain Nidiver found the print of naked human foot in the sand. "There," he said, "has passed the lost woman," And he vowed he would not leave till he found her. He and his 'fnen now raked the island as with a comb. Soon they came on an unfinished dress of birds' breasts, a beautiful thing of wonderful workmanship. It was in a basket of rushes hanging in a tree. Near a spring dried tish and blubber were hidden in the rocks. At lastNidiver himself saw the woman, wearing a dress, low necked and sleeveless, like the one in the basket. When she saw him, she first started to run, then stop- ped and met him with friendliness. No one could talk to ter, but with the most touching hospitality she set about getting a meal for him and his men. She had various little neat pens and shelters in different places. When she discovered the truth, she was frantic. She prayed the captain to turn back, but he said the storm was too dangerous; they might all be ship- wrecked and drowned. The poor girl grew desperate, and she did what many a mother would be driven to do in like trase--i11mped overboard. She could swim, and the last that was seen of her she was striking oat bravely, making her way back to her deserted home and her baby. Bat only a moment was she visible. No attempt was made to rescue her. The schooner landed its exiles at San Pedro. At that time vessels were very few on the coast, and the schooner was engaged for two trips, which, it was considered, must be made before she could return to look up the lost woman. On the latter of these trips she was wrecked, and there was nothing bigger than canoes and fishing boats left on all the lower coast. Seventy miles it an open boat no man cared to undertake. lumped Into the Ocean and Swam Ashore to Find Her Babe-Failing to Recover the Child, She Lived Alone on the Island Off the coast of southern California lie the Santa Barbara islands. They look very near the mainland on the map, as if it would only be a pleasant sfterm3on's work to explore them in a rowboat, but in fact they are far enough away from the homes and haunts of men to have been the scene of a history stranger, lonelier and more pitiful than the one De Foe "made up” about Rob- inson Crusoe. These islands have been long unin- habited, visited only by grazers who keep sheep on some and by trappers aft- er otter and seal. Bat Indians used to make their home on the larger islands, and it was when the last of the tribe were being removed to the mainland that an accident occurred which caused a woman to spend on San Nicholas 18 years utterly alone. In 1835 Spanish missionaries were busy in southern California civilizing, teaching and converting the Indians-- not such degraded beings as are now to be seen on the western coast, but a. skillful people who learned well how to build and farm. The fathers had done much with the coast Indians and now turned their eyes to the little tribes on the rocky islands out at sea. They made arrangements to bring them one after another to the mainland. The Indians seem to have come willingly, but in one case the embarkation was effected with mach difficulty on account of a storm. A schooner under the command of a Captain Williams had gone to San Nicholas-San Nicholas lies 70 miles out at sea-to bring away the Indians, about 20 of them, who lived there. A tempest fell upon the island as the schooner drew near, and to land was Very difficult. All was wild hurry and confusion. The vessel was in danger, and the Indians were making a "tlit, ting" forlife. So it was not remarkable that as they were putting out to sea one young mother should find her child had been left behind. She thought it had been brought aboard by a sailor. Some said both woman and child must by this time be dead, some that the mother never could have reached shore. Father Gonzales, however, was one per- son who was not satisfied, but 15 years passed before he could get anything done. THE STORY OF A LONE WOMAN ON A DESERTED ISLAND. AN INDIAN MOTHER. For Eighteen Years. Sanguine Dlsposition. First-class rigs and good reliable horses. Two and three seated carriages always in readiness. All calls promptly attended to and charge moderate. Qtfipe and Livery in rear of a Zimmerman House. Entrance on King street, next to Fischer's butcher anon. - Barrister. Solicitor, Notary Public, Con veyancer. etc. Toronto and ‘Waurldd H -_ W. M. READEé 1%{A' t J. tA FERfUSONt, B. A 1 ings pee west, "oron o. otfloes l Over M. Devitt's store, Wuterlo (MONEY TO LOAN.) N. B.-Mr. Reade will re ide in] Waterloo and be in charge of the office " BARRISTERS AT LAW Solicitors in all the (nuns. Notaries and Conveyancers. Money to lend on Mortgages atlowes rates. Oit1toty--Court House Bert W. H. BOWLBY, M.A., LL.B., Q.th,' County Cram Attorney _ - -. and Clerk ofthe Peao Will visit: Elmira DunKe’e Block, the second Thursday and Friday and fourth Thursday and Friday of each month (Ilhursday 1 pan. to Fri- day I pull) ODONTUNDER. Office in the oddie1low'is Block. Wate rloo, nt- COLQUHOUN & MCBRIDE, Btxrristers,Soiicitotm, Notarlea, tte. 2.0iflee-Comer King and Erb Streets, Water- loo, over old Post Otitas. Sdpeclal attention paid to Cabanh, Asthma an Chronic Diseases. L.D.S., Toronto, '92. D.D.S., Philadelphia, 91. SPECIALTY '. Preservation of natural teeth. including mounting artificial crowns on sound roots, and the insertion of gold bridges to sup- ply the place of missing teeth without a. plate. OFFICE: Canadian Block, Berlin. 'Ph no 61. LIVERY AND EXCHANGE STABLES' GEO. Bmrarrt Proprietor. All kinds of conveyances constauuy on hand. Charges moderate. Stables in rear of the Com mercxal Hotel. ALEX. MILLAR. QC. HARVEY J. SIMS, B.C.L. Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, etc. oftlee.. Upstairs Economical Block. King St,, Woet, Berlin. Money to loan at lowest rates of interest. FREDERICK COLQUBOUN. A. B. MCBRIDE DRS. D. B. B: a. H BOWLBY, _ PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS, ETC. Dr. D. B. Bowlby, Coroner tor the Count) Dr ll, H.Bow1by treats diseases of the nose, throat and ear. F DR. C. T. NCECKER, MEDALLIST " TO RONTO University, Licentiate of the Col lege of Physicians, Surgeons and Aceoucneu ot Ontario. DISEASES or EYE AND EAR TREATED. 0tfityy--New residence, Albert; street. Water too, a. short distance north of the late Dr Walden‘s residence. Fred G. Hughes D.D.S. DENTIST- n Land Surveyor, Civi Engineer and Draughtsman, Graduate of the Ontario School of Practical Science, and late assistant to the York 1t,egl1tg on the construction of Pub. ic Wor , and the subdivision ot lands in the uhurbs of Toronto. . 0lf1ce-Uourts House. Berlin. i(tr""'Nti%r X12/ Charles N. Rockel W. R. WILKINSON, Dentist. House and Sign Painter - Opposite the Market square. An easy shave, a stylish hair out, a ham, an exhi1iratizig abampoon. La children a hair cut. Homeopathic Physician, PROFESSIONAL . . . CARDS. UCKBERROUGH & co. B Fire Aoculaut and Life Insurance Agents, representing the peat $900k and Mutual Com. mules Ming busmess m this Province. QIMON SNYDER, VERGUSON & READE. - Barausters, Solicitors, Notaries - _ -Ucnyeyaneers, etc. (Money to loan.) Office ' Ii iller's Block, Waueroo, Ont. I H. WEBB M D., . Coroner County ot Waterloo. OffietF--At his residence on Erb screen. Telephone communication, _ E. P. CLEMENT. [DEN L WIDEMAN. Issuer of Manlage Licenses. offlce-Poist 011109381; J mobs. Ont. Telephone communication y- - -. ___ - TESHér 0 Marriage Licenses. Office-At his Drug Store. Waterloo. AMLS C. HAIG HT OWLBY & CLEMENT :OEHLMAN'S BARBER SHOP. Mverr, Sale and Exchange Stables. R. HETT. ILLAR & SIMS. Bucannouqn, ERBERT J. BOWMAN, P_RO_VINUIA1: " W. L. HILLIARD . ' . 105 King Street W est, Berlin, Ont. Licentiate of the College of Physicians, Surgeons and A ccoucheurs of Ontario. Residence und oftitps on King Street. Opposite Woolen Mills - Phone 210. For the painless Extraction of teeth C)fflee hours from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. W. A. KUMPF, VETERINARY SURGEON. " EVANS, L. R. C. P., Ireland; M. D., C. M. Trin Univ.; M. G. P. S. o. Licentiate of ,Muiical Counetl, Great Britain. Speci My ~Disoases of Wo. man and Surgery. Calls day 0: night promptly aywiyreA. t n ' w ELLE. L. D. B. c. W 'ii1iiiils, D. D. B., DR. McLEAN, MISCELLAN EOUS 109 King street east, Berlin. "gcirwaiTziiptc, Tsiooe, Conestoga. 011109 and Resii1tmoe--John street LIVERIES. MEDICAL. DENTAL LEGAL. in, W:A' Ram I butt, A, BRUCE. O Dunne. WATERLOO. it, a Eff/tit ASK YOUR DEALLR I'UK " La. es’ and o 3 Fur l trance Agents, Ice L Mutual Com. st,, _ Twines. "Th" W:A‘ RAYMI\. . po.iigetyl ASK YOUR DEALER FOR PUPIL of A, S. Vogt of the Toronto 00m vatory of Music, late of Lei sic,5Germanv . Pupils prepared foe the ilrgt ans second year’s examlnh Lions 11: .Piano at ,me Toronto Con. servatory of Musm. Residenoe, - - Albert St. Teach'er ot Piano and Organ Such as Oil Painting, Paper Hanging, Kalsomining, Tint 113, etc., nee. 1y executed. Church Decorating a. specialty. Addresl care of B. Niergarth, Waterh r Fancy Bread, Buns, Rolls, and Funoy Cakes always on hand. MISS ANNA R. BEAN go so Henry Meier. Prices as low as at any that place. FOR‘ Dr. Lob thwl’s Essence for the Fre, the can}! Ger man remedy tor weak and inturmstieretr foe sale, wholesale and retail. by C. W. Schierholtz House and Sign Painter. DEALERON _ Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Grape Vines Sandtrson's Bakery EMIL F. BRAUN ' BERLIN. - - ONT A commercial school where the equipment and teaching are just what your boy or Riel re- quires to fit them to enter commercial life. it you are interested wnte to the e watchmaker, who is prepared to do all kinds of Watch and Clock Repairing. All' work guaranteed IT PAYS TO ATTEND for circulars. For Weak Eyes Watehesa Gloeks Hello There! Waterloo, Moderate. KNITTING . . Anyone sending a sketch and ,etqtt,'ttn, may quickly ascertain our opinion free w ether nn invention is probably Fatentnble. .Commnnicn. tions strictly conthteat tsl. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for t',iy2a?'rtlg': Patents taken t rough Munn & 0. receive A handsomely illustrated gttlfit Largest elr. culation of any ireienttm, {cum . Terms. " a [gal-5193" FORM“. $1. Bo d by suIPewsda-lerg. '"iiltGG i1riirif "if'raiirClrfdrjn " special notice, without charge. in the - ' ._ A- - . year: Iour luvuuuu. ox. DUI“ y; .u uv...\.v...-.v. MUNN t 80.3613":va New York Branch otflee, 625 Ir BL, Waahiogton, D. c. BEST E0RTNM,0hlRY,hNtQ FARM J. S. MUbSEL MAN No classes. Individual instruction. Rates John Strebel’ s, §¢i€iitifié JfittttltaIt, JACOB BALL A full line of knitted goods such as Ladies', Genes’ and Children's Hose, coarse and fine yarns. fancy goods etc . kept on hand. A call is Enlicited. Small Fruits, Shrubs, Roses. Etc, Cheap Harness mrph ahooUseoa (2otte W' Trunks, Valises, Dusters, Sweat-pads, Now Is THE TIME Iron King St. Waterloo. Waterloo, Ont. DECORATOR. Devitt’s Block Wat'erfo , WATERLOO and Paper Huger - Ontario MISS STRICKLAND. J. Sharp, Principal Elmira, Om; ff